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http://special.reserve.co.uk/ listings/extrainfo.php?co=GG8881
http://www3.goldenshop.com.hk/AI-trad/portable/napa380.htm
My MD is totally fubarred. It has no case and I can control it with a jump lead. But enough of that.
So, I'm after a replacement.
CDs are too big, so they're out of the question. I dislike MP3 players due to the price:storage ratio. They also hold compatability concerns for me and my penguin friends. I don't want to reboot just to write some MP3s. Minidisc players are a very good option, but recording and naming is a pain. Doubtless they have ones which transfer via USB direct from MP3s, but they're expensive (probably) and there's always the compatability. I'd mostly be writing from MP3, because I have MDs of all my CDs already.
So, I've been looking at them there Napa player I hear talk about from them folks yonder. Is it any good? 185mb discs sound good. At 197 minutes per disc (at 128kpbs), times 10 discs supplied, I doubt storage is a problem. It has a remote, Anti-shock, is small and has a certain "cool" factor. Doesn't look too good though. I'm not in to plastic.
The thing is, I'm a bit of an audiophile. I don't like MP3s much anyway, but they're bearable. Does anyone know what the output quality and volume of this is? The thing is, it's very reasonable. Perhaps too reasonable. There simply MUST be a catch, and I reckon quality is it.
Oh, there's also something called "MPZIP", which is the same but classier. It looks better than the Napa though. Anyone know much about it? I don't think it's Britanified yet.
Can anyone give me a hand with this then? Come on SR, tell it to me straight. Is it any good?
http://www3.goldenshop.com.hk/AI-trad/portable/napa380.htm
My MD is totally fubarred. It has no case and I can control it with a jump lead. But enough of that.
So, I'm after a replacement.
CDs are too big, so they're out of the question. I dislike MP3 players due to the price:storage ratio. They also hold compatability concerns for me and my penguin friends. I don't want to reboot just to write some MP3s. Minidisc players are a very good option, but recording and naming is a pain. Doubtless they have ones which transfer via USB direct from MP3s, but they're expensive (probably) and there's always the compatability. I'd mostly be writing from MP3, because I have MDs of all my CDs already.
So, I've been looking at them there Napa player I hear talk about from them folks yonder. Is it any good? 185mb discs sound good. At 197 minutes per disc (at 128kpbs), times 10 discs supplied, I doubt storage is a problem. It has a remote, Anti-shock, is small and has a certain "cool" factor. Doesn't look too good though. I'm not in to plastic.
The thing is, I'm a bit of an audiophile. I don't like MP3s much anyway, but they're bearable. Does anyone know what the output quality and volume of this is? The thing is, it's very reasonable. Perhaps too reasonable. There simply MUST be a catch, and I reckon quality is it.
Oh, there's also something called "MPZIP", which is the same but classier. It looks better than the Napa though. Anyone know much about it? I don't think it's Britanified yet.
Can anyone give me a hand with this then? Come on SR, tell it to me straight. Is it any good?
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You're mixing my words. That was in reference to Minidiscs dying and MP3s replacing them.
And yes, I have £2000's worth of audio hardware in my room.
And yes, I have £2000's worth of audio hardware in my room.
I won't buy an MP3 player because they cost far too much. You need to spend lots of money to get ones with any decent amount of storage. Even the flash removable memory costs a bomb.
I know you're wrong. MP3s are a lossy compression format, only fit to be played on PC satellite speakers or portable media. I would never dream of getting rid of my CD and MD decks in favour of MP3, it just defeates the whole point of have a £2000 CD system.
Also with MDs, just record on Mono you get double the time on it, theres only the stereo option if your mastering music for professional useage, the actual quality is no different.
Your totally wrong about MP3s being bad, they're the best, the only problem is buying the player in the first place.
MP3s will never die out, you'll always be able to download them, whereas Sony stopped making MD players a while back (song being the founder of MD) so it won't be long before the disks are rare in shops.
MP3 players with Flash memory rule! it makes your MP3 player completly functional, if you run out of space on one you swap it for another, I don't think they cost too much but as you can record over and over on them it's well worth it.
That would be my choice, I havn't heard of the MPZIP thing, I don't really trust new technology anymore it always seems to flop aftera while.
MP3s will never die out, you'll always be able to download them, whereas Sony stopped making MD players a while back (song being the founder of MD) so it won't be long before the disks are rare in shops.
MP3 players with Flash memory rule! it makes your MP3 player completly functional, if you run out of space on one you swap it for another, I don't think they cost too much but as you can record over and over on them it's well worth it.
That would be my choice, I havn't heard of the MPZIP thing, I don't really trust new technology anymore it always seems to flop aftera while.
Yes, that's what I did before, but as I said, it's a pain and it's only 74 minutes or so.
I can write MP3s to MiniDisc on my HiFi/PC. All I have is a fairly high quality 3.5mm Jack to Phono lead going from my SoundCard Speaker Out, to my HiFi Auxillary In. It's all analogue, but I still don't notice much interference, and if you were going to listen to MiniDiscs on a portable player, the earphones and background noise would be a far greater source of interference.
http://special.reserve.co.uk/ listings/extrainfo.php?co=GG8881
http://www3.goldenshop.com.hk/AI-trad/portable/napa380.htm
My MD is totally fubarred. It has no case and I can control it with a jump lead. But enough of that.
So, I'm after a replacement.
CDs are too big, so they're out of the question. I dislike MP3 players due to the price:storage ratio. They also hold compatability concerns for me and my penguin friends. I don't want to reboot just to write some MP3s. Minidisc players are a very good option, but recording and naming is a pain. Doubtless they have ones which transfer via USB direct from MP3s, but they're expensive (probably) and there's always the compatability. I'd mostly be writing from MP3, because I have MDs of all my CDs already.
So, I've been looking at them there Napa player I hear talk about from them folks yonder. Is it any good? 185mb discs sound good. At 197 minutes per disc (at 128kpbs), times 10 discs supplied, I doubt storage is a problem. It has a remote, Anti-shock, is small and has a certain "cool" factor. Doesn't look too good though. I'm not in to plastic.
The thing is, I'm a bit of an audiophile. I don't like MP3s much anyway, but they're bearable. Does anyone know what the output quality and volume of this is? The thing is, it's very reasonable. Perhaps too reasonable. There simply MUST be a catch, and I reckon quality is it.
Oh, there's also something called "MPZIP", which is the same but classier. It looks better than the Napa though. Anyone know much about it? I don't think it's Britanified yet.
Can anyone give me a hand with this then? Come on SR, tell it to me straight. Is it any good?
http://www3.goldenshop.com.hk/AI-trad/portable/napa380.htm
My MD is totally fubarred. It has no case and I can control it with a jump lead. But enough of that.
So, I'm after a replacement.
CDs are too big, so they're out of the question. I dislike MP3 players due to the price:storage ratio. They also hold compatability concerns for me and my penguin friends. I don't want to reboot just to write some MP3s. Minidisc players are a very good option, but recording and naming is a pain. Doubtless they have ones which transfer via USB direct from MP3s, but they're expensive (probably) and there's always the compatability. I'd mostly be writing from MP3, because I have MDs of all my CDs already.
So, I've been looking at them there Napa player I hear talk about from them folks yonder. Is it any good? 185mb discs sound good. At 197 minutes per disc (at 128kpbs), times 10 discs supplied, I doubt storage is a problem. It has a remote, Anti-shock, is small and has a certain "cool" factor. Doesn't look too good though. I'm not in to plastic.
The thing is, I'm a bit of an audiophile. I don't like MP3s much anyway, but they're bearable. Does anyone know what the output quality and volume of this is? The thing is, it's very reasonable. Perhaps too reasonable. There simply MUST be a catch, and I reckon quality is it.
Oh, there's also something called "MPZIP", which is the same but classier. It looks better than the Napa though. Anyone know much about it? I don't think it's Britanified yet.
Can anyone give me a hand with this then? Come on SR, tell it to me straight. Is it any good?
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